March 2017

2017, Issue 2

BENDIGO CAR CLUB

(BCC)

Presidents Report year. If you can help please see Craig Hardiman at the club meeting to give him a hand.

There is a lot going on in the Off-road also to hear more come to the club meeting. There might be some DVD's to watch also.

So see you all at our club meeting.

President,

Mick Elvey

Well club members our worst fears about the toilets have come true. The whole interior has to be gutted and redone, it was all full of termites. We have a builder doing this right now.

We had a working bee early February and had a great roll up, it was a bit wet but a lot of jobs were done.

We have a busy last part of March and a full April of events. Chris Hume and my-

self will be running Eddington on the 25th March and we will need 2 / 3 scrutineers and 2 grid marshals it's a great day and it's on a Saturday there is a spit roast at the end of the day.

In April we have H.R.A Rally sprints, Easter Sale yards, V.C.A.S and Rover Scouts have hired the venue.

The club cars need some work on them also 2 or 3 dif-ferent cars will be in use this

Upcoming Events:

2nd March BCC General Meeting

Maiden Gully

5th March BCC Khanacross

Motorkhana Bagshot

25th March Eddington Sprints

Eddington

6th April BCC General Meeting

Maiden Gully

15th April BCC Easter

Sale Yards Dash

CROSS FLOW

BCC General

Meetings are

held on the 1st

Thursday of

each month

from 8pm at our

Maiden Gully

Club Rooms

Thank you to Scott Innes and the team at Innes Motors Foton for the use of their Ute and trailer at the recent working bee that allowed us to bring the junior club cars back into Bendigo for maintenance and then again return them to Bagshot.

Thank you to Scott Nicholls and the team at Bendigo Tyre Centre for the service and tyres for the Mazda and Richard Opie and the team at Bendigo Mazda for

parts for the Mazda.

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Behind the Screen Welcome to another month and second edition of the new Cross Flow. You may notice a few changes, with both a feature club member and a vehicle each month. If you would like to be a part of this ( and to help us by not having to chase people and a vehicle each month) email your answers and picture to tcj.castle@bigpond.com

Let us know your thoughts and what you would like to see and don't forget to send us your event reports.

Club Vehicles Update At the recent working bee a check over of the clubs junior vehicles was carried out, unfortunately the cars weren’t in the best shape.

The Hyundai Excel had a seized water pump, the Gemini an electrical issue, the Mazda a coolant leak. Peter Hardi-man and myself have been working on the cars with the Excel sporting a new water pump and belts. Thank you to Richard Opie and the crew at Bendigo Mazda for the kind donation of parts to get the Mazda up and going again.

Also a big thanks to Scott Nicholls and the team at Bendigo Tyre Centre for their ongoing support with a service for the Mazda and new tyres—Free of charge, so thank you! Please support these businesses.

The club Gemini will soon be fixed and returned for service. Due to storage issues the club Charade and possibly the Corolla will now be sold .

If you would like to help out with the upkeep of these vehicles please contact me.

To all the juniors that are using these vehicles, please remove all the rubbish from them at the end of the event and you must report any damage or problems with the vehicle to a senior club member on the day, so that it can be fixed.

Cheers, Craig Hardiman

Type of Vehicle: Bingham Renault Mark 3 (Owned by Garth Turner)

How long have you had it: Given use since 2006

Any Modifications: Special Built in 1969 by Murray Bingham, Using a Mank Fibreglass Body

What events is it used for: Motorkhanas, Hill climbs and Circuit Racing

Best Result: 2nd Outright in Class in Pedders Sprint Series at Winton Motor Raceway

Future Plans: Rebuild the engine in preparation for the Mt Tarrengower Hill climb

If you didn’t have this you’d have: Nothing else presently

Club Member of the Month Name: Roger Hall

Occupation: Motor Mechanic

Years in BCC: 24years (Life Member 2016)

Type of Motorsport you follow: Hillclimbs and Circuit Racing

Favorite Venue Raced at: Winton Motor Raceway

Vehicles of Interest you own: Renault R17 1975, 1984 Volvo 240GL

Best Motorsport Memory: Coming 2nd in class in Pedders Midland Sprint Series against other open wheelers.

Vehicle you would like to own: Ariel Atom

Favourite Racing Driver: Peter Brock

Before you finish racing you’d like to: 10 laps of a Speedway in a Sprint Car

Best Motorsport Achievement: Winning class in Long Course Autocross with no rear brakes

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Roger Hall BCC’s

newest life

Member

2017, Issue 2

Feature Vehicle of the Month

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BCC 2016 Championship Trophy Winners

1st Outright Brendan Paynting

2nd Outright Chris Hume

3rd Outright Rod Holt

1st Outright Lady Aailyah Mouat

2nd Outright Lady Annette Reffold

1st Junior Khanacross Rhys Wagner

2nd Junior Khanacross Peter Hume

3rd Junior Khanacross Aailyah Mouat

1st Class C Rod Martin

2nd Class C Rob Andre

3rd Class C Brett Ritchie

1st Ladies Khanacross Aailyah Mouat

2nd Ladies Khanacross Tamika Mouat

3rd Ladies Khanacross Annette Reffold

1st Class A Steven Lane

2nd Class A Mick Elvey

3rd Class A Craig Hardiman

1st Class B Chris Hume

2nd Class B John Strauch

3rd Class B Nathan Adams

1st Class D Brendan Paynting

2nd Class D Rod Holt

3rd Class D Brad Hall

1st Motorkhana Outright Rhys Wagner

2nd Motorkhana Outright Peter Hume

3rd Motorkhana Outright Aailyah Mouat

1st Motorkhana Ladies Aailyah Mouat

2nd Motorkhana Ladies Tamika Mouat

3rd Motorkhana Ladies Tiffany Kenny

1st Outright Junior Rhys Wagner

2nd Outright Junior Peter Hume

3rd Outright Junior Aailyah Mouat

1st Class D Motorkhana Annette Reffold

Congratulations to all the participants in the BCC Championship for 2016

Upgrade your officiating skills in 2017 with these great courses coming up: - 18 March: Bronze Steward, CAMS Victorian Office

- 30 March: CATO, CAMS Victorian Office

- 13 May: Club Chief, CAMS Victorian Office

Contact CAMS on 03 9593 7777

BCC Club Membership Renewals Any future club membership renewals will only be able to be done at the monthly General Meetings, renewals will no longer be accepted at pre-event check-in at BCC events. Membership renewals will only be accepted if a Membership Renewal Form is accompanied by the relevant fees, forms will be sent out with the May Crossflow, they will/can be found on the club website and a limited number of forms will be at General Meetings.

Other arrangements can be made with prior approval of the membership secretary.

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Membership fees for the Bendigo Car Club are as follows:

Full Membership Adult $90.00

Junior Membership $40.00

Family Membership is One Full Membership plus $30 for each extra Family Member

CAMS

Officials Training

Catering / Canteen Report Welcome to 2017. Ken and Cheryl Holt will be catering at Bagshot this year. It is good to be back after a two year break. We are excited to be meeting all our sup-portive customers again this year.

Although we are attempt-ing to make money for the Car Club, we will be trying

to keep costs down, so that

lunch and drinks are af-fordable.

We will be selling nice bur-gers, purchased from Meats On Mitchell. Bacon and Egg sandwiches, sau-

sages and Hot Dogs will still be available, as will

Dim Sims. To keep costs reasonable, these items will be sold in bread and not in rolls. Rolls are ex-

pensive, unless anyone feels strongly about this.

Cans of Soft Drink will be sold for $2 and bottles of water for $1. Tea and Coffee and Hot Chocolate will be $2.

Thank you to the people who were at the working bee and assisted us with cleaning the canteen and getting it ready for the first event.

We provided a Sausage Sizzle for lunch on behalf of the Car Club to thank

the people who assisted at the working bee.

Feedback is always wel-come. If you have any sug-gestions for items that you

would like to eat, please SMS me on 0408463659.

We hope to see you at the first club event on Sunday 5th March.

Cheryl and Ken Holt

Thank you to Ken

and Cheryl Holt

on their return to

the Canteen at

Bagshot

If you have any old motorsport

DVD’s for enter-tainment for

after club meetings, we

would appreciate your donation

FUN FACT Little Tikes, red and yellow Cozy Coupe toy car reached 6 million units in sales by its 25th

anniversary in 2004, and was called the “world’s best-selling car for much of this decade” by The New York Times in 1998, outselling the Honda

Accord and Ford Taurus.

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Bendigo Vic 3552

E-mail: editor@bendigocarclub.com.au

www.bendigocarclub.com.au

BCC Contact List

Event Type Contact

Motorkhana Brian Shanahan

Khanacross / Autocross Mick Elvey

Rally Murray MacKenzie / Tony Moore

Off Road Craig Button / Jim Coombs / Ken Holt

Bitumen Sprints / Circuit David Dixon / Roger Hall

Officiating Peter Valentine / Lesley Smart

Vic Roads Club Permit Scheme

Craig Button / Mick Elvey / John Orr

The Bendigo Car Club is a multi-disciplined motorsport club that gives its members the opportunity to compete is a wide range of

activities. Below is a list of members who can be contacted in regard to specific disciplines of motorsport.